Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ततस्ते शपथान्कृत्वा तस्य प्रत्ययकारणात् । तस्योपरि दयां कृत्वा मुमुचुस्तं गृहं प्रति

Transliteration

tataste śapathānkṛtvā tasya pratyayakāraṇāt | tasyopari dayāṃ kṛtvā mumucustaṃ gṛhaṃ prati

Translation

แล้วพวกเขาให้เขาสาบานหลายประการเพื่อให้เกิดความเชื่อมั่น ครั้นเมตตาเขาแล้ว จึงปล่อยเขาให้กลับไปยังเรือนของตน

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त; 'then/thereupon'

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; 'they'

• शपथान्: oaths
• शपथान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• कृत्वा: having made/taken
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund); 'having done/made'

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• प्रत्ययकारणात्: because of the cause of trust/assurance
• प्रत्ययकारणात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यय + कारण (प्रातिपदिक; components)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रत्ययस्य कारणम्)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon; towards
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition/adverb)

• दयाम्: compassion
• दयाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having shown
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund); 'having done/shown'

• मुमुचुः: they released/let go
• मुमुचुः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Direction/Goal
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition) गत्यर्थे

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; the episode is being related in Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group, having extracted an oath, loosens bonds or steps aside to let the man depart; their faces soften, hands raised in a gesture of release; the man turns toward home with relief mixed with anxiety.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma balances prudence (securing truth through vows) with compassion (releasing one who is restrained).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Tīrthamāhātmya stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but this particular line focuses on conduct in a narrative moment rather than naming a tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.